Improvement in trusses



C. H. CARR.

Improvement in Trusses.

N0. 130,791, Patented Aug. 27, |872.

WM-Jew Mania/f TNITED STATES CHESTER H. GARR, `OF HARTWICK, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN TRUSSES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 130,791, dated August27, 1872.

Specification describing an Improved Self- AdjustingRupture-Pad,invented by CHESTER H. CARR, of the town of Hartwick, in the county ofOtsego and State of New York.

i, eral use. B is the outside of the pad. It is constructed with a plateof brass or other suitable metal in it the whole size of the pad. Saidplate of metal is snfciently stili,'so .that by bending or straighteningit you can regulate the amount of pressure on that end ot the pad whichrests upon-thc rupture. All the pressure of the spring, over and abovewhat is actually needed on the rupture, is made to bear on the small endof the pad, and thus add to the comfort of the wearer. (l is the spring,which is constructed and connected to the large end of the pad in theusual way. D is a staple, which connects the spring to the small end ofthe pad. Said spring passes through the said staple, which issuiiiciently large to allow the pad to adjust itself to the body in allpositions in which it may be needful for a person to pnt himself whilewalking or working, and atthe same time keep the pad on the rupture.

What I claim as my invention, and des-ire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

The combination of double-cushioned padball and socket-joint,laterally-adjusted clipV and staple, all arranged as described and setforth, for the purpose specified.

CHESTER H. CARR.

Witnesses:

SAMUEL HARPER, HIRAM TUTTLE.,

